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feel like there’s so much that we could do that I want to do um just not with this grill not this these stones are just ready to kind of fall right out of here it’s like a Piñata nope
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I’m sweating my God Elsie look at it come check out your new outdoor kitchen so good [Music]
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what is up you guys we are here at the San Antonio Airport getting ready to board our flight to head out to Long Island New York to start Dana Pollack’s outdoor kitchen remodel hey everyone I’m Dana out here on Long Island welcome to my backyard um my family and I moved
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out here around 3 years ago and this Grill came with the house it served its purpose but I think that it’s time for an upgrade my family and I love to entertain we have people
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over all the time I am a chef um and the grill is a little small for us we don’t have a lot of under counter space and I just feel like we’re not really maximizing the potential of the backyard so I’m really excited to swap it out for something new something better and I’m
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excited to take you along on the journey with us we just landed here in New York City we’re going to head over to Long Island to get started on Dana Pollack’s outdoor kitchen makeover
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let’s go we are out here in beautiful Roslyn, New York and after seeing Dana’s submission video it was obvious that we needed to get
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over here and help her out with her kitchen let’s go check it out
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so Dana shot us over a video of the backyard space and I thought it was the perfect opportunity to put in an outdoor kitchen and really give her a full makeover experience man seeing this thing in person it’s definitely a little bit rougher than what the videos made it look
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like this Weber grill is on its last leg but it actually doesn’t even have any legs it’s definitely rusted out wouldn’t be cooking on that thing anytime soon let’s check out this
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side probably a couple Critters living in here not the cleanest place but the biggest thing that I see here is not a very great use of space so one thing I noticed is we need some additional storage here these stones are just ready to kind of fall
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right out of here so it’s had some rough Winters and just this Grill
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I’m actually not even sure if it works it’s really just a Weber cart that’s been retrofitted into this island so I think we’re due for an upgrade this countertop is probably seen some better days it’s a little bit rough abrasive it’s probably not that clean from a sanitary perspective the new
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countertops that we’re going to put on this thing I’m sure are going to be such a better upgrade something that I noticed almost immediately as we were looking at this outdoor island is that we had a natural gas Grill in this structure but there was no ventilation anywhere to be found I
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looked under the counter on all the sides there was nothing and that is a huge safety concern I think a lot of contractors Overlook the importance and safety of proper ventilation it is super
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important to make sure that when you have any gas fuel sourced appliance in an outdoor structure that it is properly ventilated air flow is a huge concern in the event that you have any gas leak or anything like that you want to make sure that those gases can escape that structure preventing
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any dangerous situations like an explosion from occurring and we always exceed ventilation requirements to make sure that there is no concerns for safety let’s get Dana out here and
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see what her dream is for her outdoor kitchen I’m Dana Pollock I live in Roslyn New York I might be a little bit nervous you know this is definitely a new process for me in general um and it’s not something that I’ve seen in person so I will be 100% honest I’m a little nervous but I trust in
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Daniel everyone from the team has been great I’m hoping that the final result I’m just going to love everything that I saw I kind of peaked around on the website I saw some of the different things that they offer and I’m hoping with Daniel’s help I’ll be able to choose something that’s going to
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fit my backyard perfectly Dana hey Daniel so great to finally meet you so nice to meet you finally you were not kidding about needing some help with this current setup let’s talk a little bit about it yeah so the grill came with the house when we moved here a couple of years ago and as we
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can see needs a little love could be could be in better shape it’s a little small for you right it’s a little small we love to entertain we have people over all the time and I just feel
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like this backyard is so great and there’s so much untouched potential and we can do so much more with the space I mean as we can see it’s seen a better day but if you look under there which I only did recently it’s pretty disgusting and I’m clearly not storing anything under there
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a lot of unused storage space that’s for sure definitely everything’s just stained you know I don’t know I’m assuming this wasn’t treated but you can see that the tops of the counters stained and I just feel like there’s so much that we could do that I want to do just not with this
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grill meeting Daniel was really great he put me at ease with a lot of the concerns that I had and he also made me realize that I need a new grill more than I thought that I did Dana
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you were spot on about the untouched potential out here but before we talk too much about that we’ve got a crew on the way to help us get this thing out of here but you’re taking the first swing I was hoping you would say that I love to [bleep] up let’s do it let’s do it
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I am so ready to demo this kitchen I know it hasn’t been that long but I feel like I’ve been waiting forever and I just really hope that there’s a sledgehammer and I get to play with it
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I have been waiting a long time to do this and I’m very excited
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it’s so crazy to see how it’s constructed you know like I had no idea that it’s just like laid up on this big concrete brick I’m nervous
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did something try again it’s like a Piñata nope your turn you take a you take a crack Thor I mean really make me look bad
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it’s a little funny but it looks like they filled the center block with kind of just some trash and you know I don’t know about you but I wouldn’t want that in my backyard
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demolition is one of my favorite parts of the project it’s when things get a little bit messy but you sometimes you got to break it down to build it back up and I know that it’s a little bit of a worrying Factor when you start seeing a mess develop but I knew that we were going to be able to transform the
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space now that we’ve got this out of the way I think it’s time for the fun stuff let’s go plan your design let’s go let’s do it
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some of the most important things for me when having an outdoor kitchen everything now I’m just kidding um I think definitely a larger grill a fridge so that I have space not only for drinks but just to store whether it’s marinated meats or crud or something that just can’t be left
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out in the sun or you know the heat for too long and the smoker um there’s a pizza stone so I can do bagels and you can bake pies and things like that and cast iron dishes so I’m going to have
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a lot of fun with a smoker when Dana’s design gets put together and she’s able to enjoy the space I think she’s just really going to be able to love walking outside sitting down being able to gather as a family and just enjoy the space as a whole now that we’ve got that out of the
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way Dana let’s really talk about what you want to have outside and I know you said you like to host so what does that really look like for you so hosting to me number one means that I have a big enough Grill so that I can make all of the food it with better timing large Grill large Grill
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awesome under counter space right now we have Grill baskets cast iron pans all of our tools and they’re everywhere because I have no place to store them um and it would be a dream to be able
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to have it all in one place and organized awesome and you know what I was thinking is since you like the host maybe having the cooking in one zone and having your entertainment in another entertainment yeah entertainment’s key right now we have um we have a couple of tables but
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we don’t have a bar we don’t have a stool so having more seating would be great just because we have a lot of people back there and we don’t always have a place for everyone to sit understandable and I know those hot summer days you need something cold to drink you know maybe
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a couple refrigerators out there yes definitely refrigerators also for cooking um and doing prep you can use refrigerators for more things than just beverages you can keep your sauce out there you can keep eggs out there milk things like that when you’re doing brunch parties or
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whatnot that way you can fully entertain without having to worry about having people run back and forth inside the house I like it and then also an umbrella a hole for an umbrella is really important we get a lot of sun back there and people are usually sweating so it’s nice to
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have some type of shade easy enough yeah and last but not least I’ve never had a smoker that would just be a really fun toy to have to play with hey you can’t have an whole outdoor kitchen
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and not include the smoker I I agree with you and sometimes they are just like the The Jewel on top of the aesthetically it’s really pretty yes they look really awesome so we’ll definitely include that we’ve talked about Grill some storage some counter space garbage you need somewhere to put
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the trash especially when you’ve got everybody over nobody wants to see a bin outside right absolutely and then I have one more question for you is there a way I don’t want to ice maker but
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is there a way to have some type of apparatus that can hold ice that way we can use it as a cooler and we can put ice in when we’re entertaining but not have to worry about a whole filtration system out there just something easy built in that can keep things cool I think we’ve got just thing for
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you Coyote (Outdoor Living) has this large drawer that’s actually an ice chest so it’s perfect for putting your beverages in or even serving ice when you need to make those cocktails awesome sweet it was really great having Daniel here here getting to talk to him in person and work through
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everything he had some really good suggestions and I think that he understood what I wanted and he’s going to help me bring it to life I think I’ve got a couple layouts put together based on what we’ve talked about so far I know it’s not much to look at yet but it will be but it will be I’ve taken
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all the ideas that we’ve talked about and kind of put it onto paper here and what I’ve put together so far is a 9-ft layout so I know the original Island there was a little small I think we go a little bit larger giving you some additional countertop space 9 feet we’ve got a large 42
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inch Grill there some storage which definitely was lacking in the first one and just like you said some um a place to put the garbage so we got to pull out trash there and then what’s that little
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gem over there it’s funny you say that I know you said you really wanted to see a smoker out there and that it would be you know something that you’d love to use so I figured we’d throw the get get the smoker in there awes that’s great so now that we’ve talked about your grilling area let’s
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get to the fun part with the entertainment space it’s all fun by the way it is all fun this is all fun for me so I know this is like I said not much to look at yet but this is kind of the road map to getting you know everything put together and I think a galley style is going to fit perfect
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right outside these windows we’ve got a couple refrigerators a sink so if you need to wash dishes wash your hands while you’re outside hosting not everybody has to come inside which is huge and an additional place for uh trash out there and what we do have here is that pullout ice
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chest awesome I think the drawer is going to work well here perfect and we’ve got all the measurements and that’s where the umbrella goes exactly you said you needed some shade so we put
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a hole in the countertop for the umbrella perfect and while I was working on this I went ahead and put it into the 3D tool here so we can kind of see what that’s going to look like look at that that is so cool just like I said this will be the galley up against the wall and if we flip around
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to this side you’ve got plenty of seating here you can do that’s the counter space where you do the stools exactly some overhang where your guest can hang out you can put your beverages
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out host your guest refrigerators for either beverages or so two refrigerators and then more under counter space on both sides awesome you know if you need to put something near the sink while you’re prepping or cooking food but on the other side you can stock your full now I have
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a space for all of my outdoor dishes exactly yeah dishes and then plenty of storage so so cool this looks really good but let’s hop over to the grill there she is so we’ve got the largest grill that
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Coyote (Outdoor Living) has the 42 inch C-Series Grill we’ve got plenty of storage out here to get all of your grill tools out there and nobody wants to go looking for a trash so nice and handy right there and I love that the smoker is black it’s so Chic looking and that’s my favorite color I think
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it kind of pulls together and the aesthetic looks great from the smoker to the finishes and I love the pedestal so that it looks like it was built for the space you know I think having a home for
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the smoker just really helps pull it together and it looks like it belongs there so it looks really beautiful so I love this finish on the actual structure itself you know we have pre-existing stones that are around the old Grill and so I love this because it matches exactly and you
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know I think pulling in a contrast to the space like you said the stone looked a little dated everything’s kind of that brown tone pulling this in is really going to kind of bring that modern
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element to your outdoor space and it has the rough Edge so it’ll match my light posts exactly well done Daniel this looks awesome I think this is going to look great so excited let’s just do it now I’m ready originally we were going to do an l-shape um where the grill was and we were going
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to do a pizza oven and um we thought that it might be a little too bulky and big for the space so we have this great untouched space in between both of our back doors where my garden used to be he
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suggested that we build an entertaining space like a Galley bar Galley kitchen and I’m so happy that he did because it’s going to be sick I think we love what we’ve got put together so far but before I send this over to manufacturing how about we take a look and see what it’s going
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to look like in the space you can do that really cool with the AR tool on our design software it sends it directly to your phone in a text message and you can check it out let’s go let’s do it yeah so you just click here see it in your space that’s awesome so what’s really cool about this is it’s
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actually the real size of what it’s going to be wow the finishes this is where your bar is going to be where all your guest it that’s so crazy it’s really cool that you can see this on the
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phone because you’re doing this yourself online exactly so I would have been so nervous to do this on my own and then not be able to see it in the actual space this is a big thing this isn’t like you’re buying you know a pair of shoes you’re doing a whole outdoor kitchen so I feel like you
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need to be able to see this 100% and it makes it really cool you can see what the finishes look like and how it ties into the environment so cool hey it’s not the real thing but it gives you a good idea of what it’s going to look like almost just as good I feel really good about how
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our consultation went and the changes that we made and I think that in the end it’s going to be a great full functioning kitchen I’m really excited for it to come and I can’t believe it’s
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just going to be a couple weeks like that’s insane I think everything is looking really good yeah how what do you think about it I feel really good about it and I’m so excited perfect I’m going to give Jon Bell a call over at manufacturing and get this over to the team so awes we’ll see you in
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a couple weeks thank you so much we’ll see you see you soon so as soon as we finished up the design process together and kind of used the AR tool to see what that was going to look like in the space I gave Jon Bell call manufacturing jumped on it and totally executed this outdoor kitchen
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Hi how are you I’m good I’m Jordan from RTA Outdoor Living, Dana nice to meet you nice to meet you too welcome to Dana’s Bakery this is our Jersey location it’s beautiful I’m super
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excited to take a tour of it let’s go see all right let’s go my name is Jordan Diggs and at RTA (Outdoor Living) I’m in charge of social media content creation and editing all of the
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video shorts Dana’s Bakery is one of the first ever online exclusive bakeries we ship Nationwide um we started with French macaroons and really fun American flavors and over the course of the past 12 years we expanded into cookies and stuffed cookies black and white cookies Crisp bars you
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name it everything we make is gluten-free and it tastes delicious and we ship Nationwide so you can find us at Danasbakery.com so here is where we have our production facility so we have our double
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rack ovens we have a bunch of walk-in fridge and freezers our mixers and a bunch of prep tables where we make everything from MEP which is Mise en place it’s French for measure in place yep um so we’ll measure everything out we’ll make everything and everything basically happens
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around here for the most part okay these look really big is there like a max number of things that you can bake in there at one time yeah these Beauties are are one of the best things that we’ve ever purchased for the business so the ovens aren’t on obviously when they are
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they’re really really hot but in here right now we have one of our ovens so those are two racks wow that’s a lot of macarons and cookies and it’s a beautiful beautiful thing so we love our we love
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our double rolling rack oven I loved having Jordan at the bakery I love showing people around and she has a background in baking so we hit it off right away we had a lot of fun she’s a great girl
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my name is Jon Bell I’m head of manufacturing for RTA Outdoor Living manufacturing Dana’s kitchen
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was a lot of fun she went with a classic charcoal Plank and then the Smoky chiseled Edge tops I didn’t know what to expect when the crates came um but it was really easy truck came he unloaded everything stored it in my garage and then he left and it’s like that was it easy peasy
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install day everybody is sitting on the edge of their seat we’re excited to get these crates opened and get things put together with a crew of three to four guys we should be able to put this thing together in no time whether you have experience or you don’t have experience really
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you just need a little bit of some muscle and some knowhow on getting this thing put together Jon welcome to beautiful Long Island Man sure is nice out here right oh beautiful I tell you what ever since you and I have that phone call I’ve been hyped I’ve been looking
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at the design got the four units that we’re putting together it’s a beautiful layout I’m just ready to go speaking of the kitchen where is it let’s check out the garage no way it’s all in there it’s already here let’s go check it out man
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Jon I can’t believe everything fit inside the garage here man excited to crack into these but before we do that let’s get Dana out here hey guys guys Dana so great to see you again so good to see you I’m so excited everything is here it’s
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so great yeah Jon said we’ve got everything in the garage ready to go I’m really excited to get these crates open see what’s inside of them um and get everything set up I heard it only takes a couple
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of hours so I’m curious to see how that works I saw the smoker which I’m so excited about but I have no idea what is in the rest of these crates can you just walk walk me through it absolutely so we’ve got three skids of appliances it’s got all your grills your drawers your kamado
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and then you’ve also got the the crates with the kitchens in them we got the regular three drawer slide in cabinet and we’ve got two refrigerators uh trash trash lots of trash lots of trash outdoor
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kitchens always need the trash it’s wonderful one of my favorite things is your pull out cooler for making cocktails different things like that I’m so excited about that I didn’t realize it had compartments oh yeah it’s awesome you put the ice underneath there it lasts for days oh
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wow and then in the wooden crates is your actual kitchen so here’s your 9ft grill Island which will go where the old Grill was and then you’ve got your bar islands for your Galley where your sink’s
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going to go your refrigerators and I believe your trash and then over here’s the kamado stand which will be where your smoker sits yeah we’ve got everything we need let’s do it let’s get to it
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hey guys
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Daniel hello
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I just want everybody to see this Daniel always makes me walk backwards just just today sir so every single kitchen comes with the T20 bit that goes with the screws to take the crate
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apart take the crate off that’s great and every single one comes with uh signatures from everybody in the plant thanking you for buying a kitchen that’s so nice yep some guy named Jon’s on there
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feel
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you see how he’s making me walk backwards again you cry about walking backwards again man if I got to walk backwards again I quit I’m going home so next thing we got is the countertops go on the bar Island
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and then start throwing appliances in so it’s going to be finished up pretty quick ready to go get that I I I don’t know why it’s not over here already let’s do it
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it’s coming together real well ready for appliances so you’ve got the sink put
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together installed they’re nice enough to send you a cutting board that fits right in and then your lid slide some refrigerators in Slide the uh pull out cooler and we’re good to go you got the pull out ice chest baby
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you put your ice under here you put your cold drinks in there with ice and
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then you got your trays for your Olive lime oranges and cup voila
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we’ve got our last front panel going on here other than a small sliver that goes on that side such a good feeling we’re almost there it looks amazing and I’m so happy with it’s not even an outdoor
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grill it is a full outdoor kitchen solid as a rock all the appliances are beautiful it fits together like a glove I couldn’t be happier
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oh oh my God Elsie look at it come check out your new outdoor kitchen so good it’s exactly
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what we talked about having your grilling station on one side Your Entertainment on another little soap dispenser here yep and when you’re not using it
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you can cover it that way it stays clean you’re not getting rain water down your drain garbage pull out trash just like we talked about when you’re having your parties you got to have it tucked away I love seeing it all come
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together because we obviously know all the little bits and pieces and all of the finishes but when you see it all together it’s just it’s really beautiful remember a couple weeks ago and we were just talking about
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you know you love to entertain and you want to have some drinks out here this this ice chest which is the pull out ice chest it’s perfect for putting your ice in getting your condiments so cool or Bloody Marys anything you want to make out here
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right it’s so cool all the outdoor storage basic storage here but what I’m really excited to show you is your two refrigerator set up not just one but two 24in refrigerators
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when designing it I had an idea about what it would look like but there’s nothing like seeing it in person the quality is just so great everything is so beautiful it it’s the space it looks like it always has been there and I can’t imagine the space without it so
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much bigger there’s so much more space than our last Grill and obviously it’s much cleaner shiny hey there’s nothing like new right but talk about having some grilling real estate you’ve
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got plenty of space to put your hamburgers hot dogs your steaks ribs anything you need we have our storage space which is of storage and that was the main thing with your original Island was there wasn’t anywhere to put your tools to prep your food so having some countertop space
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out here I think it just changes the game out here for you and then another garbage another garbage but this one is a dual pull out trash magical this has a double garbage double trash recycle in trash however you decide to use it one of my favorite pieces of equipment
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here the Coyote Asado smoker and not only does it look beautiful the food tastes even better if you have the opportunity to do it I would highly recommend you get
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an outdoor kitchen makeover it really is a once in a-lifetime opportunity I know just a couple weeks ago we tore your old kitchen out of here tell me how does it feel to have this beautiful new island in your backyard ready to use it feels so good I was a little
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nervous when we went to town on the old Grill but when the sledgehammer came out I was like oh my God what am I getting myself into but I’m so happy I did it obviously bigger
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Grill all of the storage but it’s gorgeous and it fits the space so well ready for a party still grilling I also just got the under counter lights installed looks
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good mia pizza pizza
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it has been an absolute dream getting to redo my backyard and creating my Backyard Kitchen with RTA Outdoor Living and Coyote we use it all the time and even though it’s
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starting to become fall and the leaves are changing I anticipate we’re going to use it all winter long too needless to say if you ever have the opportunity to do this and have an outdoor makeover with RTA um I suggest you jump on it it’s been amazing we
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absolutely love our space even more than we ever did before and yeah it’s great
